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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

[OK] When deputy's daughter calls dad during a domestic - instead of 911

RESERVE POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED
KFOR
Meg Alexander
February 23, 2010
[Excerpts] A reserve Wayne police officer finds himself on the other side of the law. Gary Lambert was arrested Saturday in Southwest Oklahoma City after he said he came to his daughter's rescue. Lambert says his daughter Crystal dialed him on her cell phone during a fight with her boyfriend... Lambert said he was scared for her life and rushed over to the apartment with his gun; on the way he dialed 911. Oklahoma City Police tell us that both Lamberts threatened the boyfriend with a gun. Crystal and Gary Lambert are charged with pointing a handgun while Teddy Parker is charged with domestic abuse by strangulation. Gary Lambert said he did what he believes any dad would have done. "I was acting as a daddy going in there to get his daughter; my child was being murdered in that house and I was going in to get her"... [Full article here]

DOMESTIC DISPUTE ENDS IN 3 ARRESTS INCLUDING RESERVE OFFICER
news9.com
Posted: Feb 22, 2010 2:55 PM PST
Updated: Feb 22, 2010 6:04 PM PST
[Excerpts] ...Oklahoma City police said the officer's daughter dialed his number during an argument with her boyfriend. The officer could hear the couple fighting and raced to the home in southwest Oklahoma City. Police said the Wayne reserve officer forced his way into the home and pointed his gun at the boyfriend. "He obviously in this case, he was afraid for the safety of his daughter. There are allegations that his daughter as well also retrieved some type of firearm and also pointed it at her boyfriend in this case," said Oklahoma Police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow. Police arrested Wayne reserve officer Gary Lee Lambert, 54, for burglary and pointing a firearm. Police also arrested his daughter Crystal Lambert, 25 for pointing a firearm and her boyfriend Teddy Parker, 34, for domestic abuse by strangulation. The Wayne Police Department said Lambert has been placed on administrative leav... [Full article here][police officer involved domestic violence oidv intimate partner violence (IPV) abuse law enforcement public safety lethal oklahoma weapons guns state]